It's been a while since I've been around them, but I'm pretty sure the Korg
Poly 61 one of the first four MIDI equipped instruments available (Korg Poly
61, Roland Jupiter 6, Sequential Prophet 600 and Yamaha DX7/DX9 was the
whole list as I recall it) and they all had some difficulties talking to
each other as the MIDI implementation was a little bit different for each
manufacturer at the time. The Korg PolySix, however, was the visual
"partner" of the Mono/Poly, having the same color scheme/cabinet styling,
and did NOT come with MIDI, although an aftermarket retrofit became
available soon after they came out. The Poly 61 was also (with the DX7/DX9)
one of the first instruments to introduce the "parameter address" system of
programming (up/down increments instead of dedicated knobs/sliders) that has
become the bane of programmers, and with its 2 character LED display
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) was a BITCH to program. It was also one of the first
instruments (with the DX7, Prophet 600, and Jupiter 6) to have a
velocity-sensitive keyboard.
Those were interesting times...
Jon E Salley
MiloJohnson@...M400 #886
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> Greg Amov has a very nice Korg Poly61 (pre MIDI) that he's owned for at
> least 15 years, maybe longer. A very fine synth indeed that he won't part
> with. He'll be trotting it out a few times on the upcoming Systems Theory
> CD, and uses it to good effect for most of his lead lines on his solo
> album "The Dark Within The Dark".